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Karnataka stops Cauvery water release to
Tamil Nadu
Monday December 10, 2012 09:05:58 PM,
IANS
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Belgaum:
Karnataka has stopped release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu from
late Sunday, Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar said here Monday.
The water had to be released, though the state was suffering
drought, to avoid legal complications as the Supreme Court had
directed the release, Shettar told the assembly, meeting in this
north Karnataka town, about 500 km from Bangalore.
Following his statement, the opposition Congress and Janata Dal-Secular
called off 'dharna' (sit-in protest) in the house which they had
started last Thursday to press their demand that Cauvery water
should not be released at any cost.
Shettar said the state has petitioned the Supreme Court and the
Cauvery River Authority, which is headed by the prime minister,
against the Cauvery Monitoring Committee's (CMC) order of last
Friday that Karnataka should release 30 TMC (thousand million
cubic) feet of water to Tamil Nadu in December.
He said this order was a "shock" to the state as the CMC had in
September stated that Karnataka should release 6.12 TMC feet of
water to Tamil Nadu between November 2012 to January 2013.
The Supreme Court last Wednesday directed Karnataka to release
10,000 cusecs of water daily to Tamil Nadu till Sunday. It also
directed the CMC to meet Thursday or Friday to decide the quantum
of water needed by the two states in December.
Accordingly the CMC met in New Delhi Friday and ordered release of
30 TMC feet of water in December, which has led to strong protests
in several parts of Karnataka, particularly in the state's Cauvery
basin areas.
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